VANCOUVER 5, DUCKS 0: Ducks, stuck in a box, can't sustain momentum

The Ducks could have complained about the officiating, but they didn't. They could have whined and groaned and acted as if they had been wronged after a 5-0 thrashing at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks in their home opener Friday night at Honda Center.

Instead, the Ducks blamed themselves for a one-sided loss in front of a sellout crowd of 17,529 that came to celebrate the return of hockey but sat in silence for long stretches. The Ducks gave up three power-play goals, including two in the pivotal opening period.

"Unacceptable," Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said.

"We didn't do ourselves any favors," team captain Ryan Getzlaf said.

"We let our emotions get the best of us," winger Bobby Ryan said.

Daniel Sedin and Mason Raymond scored power-play goals in the first period, Aaron Volpatti added an even-strength goal in the middle period, Zack Kassian had a power-play goal early in the final period and Raymond scored an even-strength goal late in the third.

Vancouver goaltender Cory Schneider made 30 saves for his fifth career shutout.

After routing the Canucks in their season opener and defeating the Calgary Flames, the Ducks started the season 2-0 for the first time since 2006-07. They scored seven goals against Vancouver and five more against Calgary, the most they scored in two games to start a season in their history.

The Ducks' victories and their scoring flair masked one serious problem, however. They struggled to kill penalties in each of their first two games, giving up four goals in seven shorthanded situations. They weren't any better in Friday's rematch with the Canucks.

Vancouver scored three times on nine power-play opportunities.

The Ducks were scoreless on three chances with the man-advantage.

"I wouldn't say it's a concern," Getzlaf said of the Ducks' penalty-killing struggles. "Special teams are a huge part of it. Special teams, we lost tonight. It's tough. The penalties were 10-1 or 9-1 or whatever they were. First period, they were all penalties. We got a little carried away.

"Their power play was better than our penalty killing."

Vancouver made the Ducks pay for all their transgressions.

The Canucks' Henrik Sedin found twin brother Daniel Sedin all alone near the right goal post a little more than a minute after the Ducks' Daniel Winnik went to the penalty box for holding and Getzlaf followed him after taking a cross-checking penalty against Raymond.

Daniel Sedin swept home Henrik's pass to give the Canucks a 1-0 lead 9:13 in.

Then, with Bryan Allen off for interference, Raymond swatted home a rebound to make it 2-0 at 18:40 after Ducks' goalie Jonas Hiller stopped his first try from near the right post.